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2024-10-22 14:51:57

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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Slightly awestruck by sailj29's epic on racing from BA to Rio, his fellow poets were silent for a while, but ice and islands got a few keys clicking once again...

wsguerin
Bonk might bail
And leave his tight group.
Will his instinct
Confirm the route?
Hippo and Happy, Vida and more,
Baffin bound,
Or Hudson Bay chore?

bonknhoot
Baffin or bust
Strait Bellot is cursed
But, who knows, Jones Sound
Might be found
Be an option profound
Where I’ll then be bound
In for a penny, in for a pound

Satori
If you think that flat is the earth,
Then you should have stayed in your berth
Those who think the earth is round,
Are going north Baffin Island bound!

bonknhoot
As the leaders pass Wales
Engaging in pleasant exchange
It is high time we admit
Baffin Sound was not it
A whole day it cost
So on we went north
But to little avail
In short, a big fail.
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2024-08-28 09:33:17

Calendar 2024 Q4

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2024-06-10 08:16:10

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2024-03-09 09:37:53

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2023-12-09 11:59:10

Calendar 2024 Q1

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2023-12-09 11:14:19

Testing Multi-Uploads

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1sRepeat 3x
Then Pot Try
Choose file 4x times
Then Upload File
Then Post

2nd Try
Delete existing file
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Choose file
Then Upload File
Repeat 3x
Then Post

3rd Try
Delete existing files
(only 2, but more than 1 uploaded)
Post
Choose file
Then Upload File
Then Preview (has it actually uploaded)
Repeat 3x
Then Post

Conclusion
Choose file
Then Upload File
No need to Preview (doesn't reveal uploads made)
Wait to see comms bottom left clear (to confirm upload complete)
Repeat 3x
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2022-01-27 10:42:27

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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A warning to our Old Poets Society critics.
(in the form of a 'Tipperary')

SOL's poets for posterity
Write rhymes with great sincerity,
And though their muse may seem obtuse
With purpose simply to amuse,
Mockers will be dealt with…
with great severity!

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2022-01-13 17:01:11

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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About horthes furthest northest.

A horth is a horth of course off course
Off course, up north, oh dear, that's worse
These ditties have to rhyme you see
At least so said old Hank Hain-ey
And Mr Ed spoke too and said "Agree-gh"
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2021-11-22 18:06:19

Re: Seven Seas of Asia

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Here are the waypoints for OPS set-ups for each of the 7 races. They are also given in the attached doc with course screen-grabs.

1. Sea of Okhotsk
Vesjoly (start) 59.70527, 154.74543
Kunashir Island 43.75808, 145.45926
Shumshir Island 50.82638, 156.44546
Magadan (finish) 58.94486, 150.93275

2. Sea of Japan
Kiritappu (start) 43.06424, 145.10998
Cape Ashizuri 32.73184, 133.00984
Shimonoseki 33.91849, 130.91333
Kholmsk (finish) 47.04939, 141.79931

3. Yellow Sea
Tianjin (start) 38.95118, 118.00432
Yakushima Island 30.35082, 130.57994
Taketomi Island 24.31785, 124.09098
Seoul (finish) 37.60030, 126.32377

4. South China Sea
Tainan (start) 22.98992, 120.10918
Hainan Island 18.71726, 108.95413
Culion Island 11.79074, 120.03397
Taitung (finish) 22.83132, 121.22189

5. Natuna Sea
Ho Chi Minh City (start) 10.31378, 106.96970
Palawan Island 10.53767, 119.54232
Balabac Island 7.88678, 117.02668
Serasan Island 2.51386, 109.10075
Dong Yen (finish) 9.97645, 104.93852

6. Gulf of Thailand
Pattaya (start) 12.81208, 100.85815
Panjang Island 2.76014, 108.92320
Singkep Island -0.56208, 104.37050
Bangkok (finish) 13.30312, 100.29628

7. Java Sea
Jakarta (start) -6.02125, 106.83609
Selayar -6.83563, 120.80284
Bangka Belitung -1.66787, 105.52515
Semarang (finish) -6.88077, 110.42516

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2021-11-07 07:04:31

Seven Seas of Asia

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And here's another proposal from bonknhoot.
Seven Seas of Asia.
Not oceans (even though The Seven Seas are oceans).
So not quite ocean racing, but long challenging races nonetheless in all sorts of climates and weather patterns.
Apologies not quite the precision of kmz files, but enough info for OPS to create a course from.
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